Course Synopsis

Please note that this course has been retired and is no longer available. Please see the Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 page for courses currently available in this subject area.

This three-day instructor-led M5053 course provides students with the knowledge and skills to design a messaging infrastructure. Students will learn to assess an existing infrastructure and determine technical and business requirements for both new Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 deployments and migrations. Students will create a design that addresses security, architecture, scalability, co-existence, and client access needs. They will also learn strategies for gaining approval for designs from stakeholders.

Course Objectives

After completing this M053 training course, students will be able to:

Gather business and technical requirements for a messaging infrastructure

Design an Active Directory directory service and message routing infrastructure

Design the hardware and system configuration for Exchange servers

Design security for the messaging environment

Design strategies for co-existence and interoperability

Design a strategy for upgrading to Exchange Server 2007

Design messaging policies

Obtain approval for a messaging infrastructure design

Intended Audience

This course is intended for people with 3 or more years experience working with previous versions of Exchange Server and experience implementing Exchange Server 2007. Most students will have managed enterprise-level Exchange Server organizations. Students are expected to be new to participating in designing Exchange Server 2007 deployments on the job or be planning to design Exchange Server 2007 deployments in the near future. Students may have done some design for Exchange 2000 Server or Exchange Server 2003 deployments, but want to learn how to design Exchange Server 2007 environments. Students will also have experience in designing and managing Active Directory directory services and network infrastructure deployments.

Course Prerequisites

Before attending this course, students:

Must understand hardware concepts. For example, what RAID is, what a SAN is, processor options, memory requirements, how disk I/O functions and the limitations of disk I/O, and storage options for Exchange server. The differences in addressable memory spaces between 32 and 64 bit architectures

Must have extensive detailed knowledge of Active Directory concepts and design principles. For example, site replication, integrated authentication, schema extension, DNS, group and organization unit structure and inheritance, etc.

Working experience with designing and implementing Active Directory in Windows Server 2003.